Care for Women’s Health Charity Event in Pink October
Every October is “World Breast Cancer Prevention Month”, also known as Pink Ribbon Month. The aim is to advocate for women’s health and raise women’s health awareness. In “Pink October” of this year, United Foundation for China’s Health (UFCH) participated in Cushman & Wakefield’s “Pink Day” Charity Fair as a recipient. UFCH also invited medical volunteers from United Family Healthcare (UFH) to provide two charity health talks for different women groups.
Cushman & Wakefield “Pink Day”
For the 2nd year in a row, Cushman & Wakefield organized an office charity fair with the theme of Caring for Women’s Health to raise funds for UFCH’s Women’s Health programs. On October 20, Cushman & Wakefield held a charity fair in their 12 offices across the country. On the same day, UFCH invited Wang Rui, Chief Physician of Gynecology of United Family Women’s and Children’s Hospital, as a volunteer, to give a charity health talk on women’s health and patiently answered the health questions from the female employees. The charity fair raised RMB 18,968.41 in total and it will be donated by Cushman & Wakefield Beijing Office to UFCH to support women’s health related charity programs. A sincere thank you to Cushman & Wakefield for its continued support and donation to UFCH.
On October 25th, at the invitation of charity partner, UFCH invited a UFH medical volunteer to go out to Shunyi, Beijing, to deliver a charity health talk on women’s health for migrant workers in Beijing. Dr. Zhang Zhihua from Beijing United Family Hospital Family Medicine lead the discussion. The talk included key information about HPV and cervical cancer and related prevention and treatment knowledge so that the women can gain a basic understanding of self-health protection. For many of the women present, it was the first time they had ever even heard of HPV. More than 60 female workers participated in this health talk. Due to the limited economic conditions and lack awareness of women’s health care, these migrant women rarely go to hospitals for treatment in time, and they are overly anxious about some physical discomfort. During the Q&A session, the women were eager to consult the doctor about their health concerns. UFCH will keep cooperating with its various charity partners to provide necessary medical assistance to women in need.
